[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeinghilterra:
This is my first Android phone and it is (was) awesome compared to my iPhone. And this site is an awesome source of info!! With that being said i think i bricked my phone or at I am missing a step or file somewhere along the way.

When I turn on my phone - it freezes at the HTC screen. (if i plug in the usb cord the device is found by windows and then drops and continues the cycle endlessly)

When I go into Hboot - I can see the phone via fastboot however I can not access the phone through ADB?? Nor can i get to the clockwork mod recovery screen.

HBOOT 0.79.0000 w/ 1.47.651.1 by calkulin

Radio 1.39.00.04.26

cid: SPCS_001

I had successfully rooted using Parts 1 & 2 by toastcfh (and i had flashed a ton of roms - so recovery did work successfully)

WHAT I HAVE TRIED SO FAR:

1. back to the basics and tried toastcfh's method again - "main version older"

2. fastboot - tried flashing images via fastboot - "signature check fail"

3. fastboot - fastboot erase - "FAILED (remote: not allowed)"

4. fastboot -supercid mode - "INFO[ERR] Command Error !!!!

5. revert back to OEM via RUU's - "ERROR[140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR"

I am putting phone into fastboot and then running executables

RUU_Supersonic_Sprint_1.06.651.4_Radio_1.20.00.03.09_146812.exe

RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459.exe

RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6_Radio_1.39.00.05.31_release_171253_signed.exe

RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe

all failed same error message - and if i look at the ruu logs i get see the same error message "remote: 43 main version check fail"

Not sure if this is helpful - from fastboot oem boot - (FAILED (status read failed (Too many links)))??:

C:\sdk\tools>fastboot oem boot

... INFOsetup_tag addr=0xA0000100 cmdline add=0x8E07DAEC

INFOTAG:Ramdisk OK

INFOTAG:smi ok, size = 0

INFOTAG:hwid 0x0

INFOTAG:skuid 0x23301

INFOTAG:hero panel = 0x1

INFOTAG:engineerid = 0x0

INFOMCP dual-die

INFOMCP dual-die

INFOTAG:mono-die = 0x0

INFODevice CID is not super CID

INFOCID is SPCS_001

INFOsetting->cid::SPCS_001

INFOserial number: HT05NHL12163

INFOcommandline from head: no_console_suspend=1 console=null

INFOcommand line length =493

INFOactive commandline: board_supersonic.disable_uart3=0 board_s

INFOupersonic.usb_h2w_sw=0 board_supersonic.disable_sdcard=0 dia

INFOg.enabled=0 board_supersonic.debug_uart=0 smisize=0 userdata

INFO_sel=0 androidboot.emmc=false androidboot.baseband=1.39.00.

INFO04.26 androidboot.cid=SPCS_001 androidboot.batt_poweron=die_

INFObattery androidboot.carrier=COMMON androidboot.mid=PC3610000

INFO androidboot.keycaps=qwerty androidboot.mode=normal androidb

INFOoot.serialno=HT05NHL12163 androidboot.bootloader=0.79.0000 n

INFOo_console_suspend=1 console=null

INFOaARM_Partion[0].name=wimax

INFOaARM_Partion[1].name=misc

INFOaARM_Partion[2].name=recovery

INFOaARM_Partion[3].name=boot

INFOaARM_Partion[4].name=system

INFOaARM_Partion[5].name=cache

INFOaARM_Partion[6].name=userdata

INFOpartition number=7

INFOValid partition num=7

INFOmpu_nand_acpu_rw D3E 2000

INFODelay 99998(us) for dpram command before goto AMSS...

INFOjump_to_kernel: machine_id(2433), tags_addr(0x20000100), ker

INFOnel_addr(0x20008000)

INFO-------------------hboot boot time:284665 msec

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 7.225s

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Where do i go next? Besides back to the sprint store to buy another EVO?

Thanks ahead of time!